Adoption Matters

SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging conditions for maternity leave for adoptive mothers

Section 5(4) of the Maternity Benefit Act states that a woman can take maternity leave only if she adopts a child who is less than three months old.

Scroll Staff
· Oct 02, 2021 · 01:08 pm
Adoption in India is a challenge. The pandemic made it a nightmare

For months, the lockdown prevented adoptive parents from getting to their babies. Now, they are facing hurdles in the legal process.

Aarefa Johari
· Sep 17, 2020 · 09:00 am
Around 60% of all children adopted in India in last three years were girls, shows government data

The number of girls being placed in inter-country adoption was also significantly higher than that of boys.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 12, 2019 · 01:10 pm

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A message for Mother Teresa’s nuns from adoptive mothers: Being a single parent is fulfilling

The Missionaries of Charity has stopped services at its 16 orphanages and adoption centres because it opposes the idea of allowing single parents to adopt a child.

Aarefa Johari
· Oct 12, 2015 · 10:30 am